September 2019
Concert in Old Town Park, Tacoma
Join Brass Band Northwest as we say goodbye to summer with our last outdoor performance of our summer pops program. Bring a blanket and snacks and enjoy music ranging from the classics to the Top 100!
Find out more »October 2019
Concert at St. Peter’s United Methodists Church, Bellevue
Brass Band Northwest is excited to perform for a new audience at St. Peter's! We will offer a concert of light classics and pops with music drawn from our summer repertoire and our upcoming concert at BelPres.
Find out more »Year of the Dragon
Brass Band Northwest opens our season with the thrilling "Year of the Dragon' by Philip Sparke. This is one of the few works originally written for brass band that has been claimed by other ensembles. "The Year of the Dragon" was commissioned by the Cory Band, from South Wales, to celebrate their centennial. The work was such a success that the Cory Band commissioned Sparke for a second work, "Hail the Dragon” to celebrate their 125th anniversary. The dragon referenced in…
Find out more »BelPres services
Brass Band Northwest accompanies the choir for hymns and performs prelude, offertory and postlude for the 9:00am and 11:00am services in the Sanctuary. http://w3w.co/cure.loved.given (Brass Band Northwest uses what3words to identify performance venues; try it, it’s fun!)
Find out more »December 2019
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
Please join us for our annual Christmas program featuring a delightful mix of seasonal pops and light classics. This year we are delighted to welcome students from the Bear Creek School under the direction of our own Kelsey Thompson to lead us in a few carols and other treats. Program DiLorenzo: Hark the Herald Angels Sing (3:00) Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter (2:30) Traditional/Berry: The Holly and the Ivy – Peter Nelson-King, cornet (3:30) Weinstein: Fantasia on Hark the Herald…
Find out more »February 2020
BelPres services
Brass Band Northwest accompanies the choir for hymns and performs prelude, offertory and postlude for the 9:00am and 11:00am services in the Sanctuary. http://w3w.co/cure.loved.given (Brass Band Northwest uses what3words to identify performance venues; try it, it's fun!)
Find out more »March 2020
Northwest Brass Festival Concert – CANCELLED
Current conditions have forced us to cancel the Northwest Brass Festival. Our deepest apologies to all who had planned to attend.
Find out more »BelPres Services – CANCELLED
Brass Band Northwest accompanies the choir for hymns and performs prelude, offertory and postlude for the 9:00am and 11:00am services in the Sanctuary. http://w3w.co/cure.loved.given (Brass Band Northwest uses what3words to identify performance venues; try it, it's fun!)
Find out more »Images in Brass – CANCELLED
Images in Brass features musical pictures. Arthur Butterworth wrote Three Impressions about scenes from 19th century Northumberland and include Wylam Colliery, Deserted Farm, and the Royal Border Bridge, Berwick Upon Tweed 1859. Regarding Luminosity, Nancy Galraithe writes, "The title (a pun on "luminous city") alludes to the bright, shimmering character of the music created through rich, lively brass textures, and the colorful interplay of piano and mallet instruments (vibraphone, xylophone, marimba, glockenspiel, crotales)." Debussy is noted for his ability to depict…
Find out more »April 2020
Trilogy Concert – CANCELLED
Brass Band Northwest is pleased to once again appear on the Trilogy Concert Series in Redmond. We will present a program blending music from our Images program and summer pops material. Program Gregson: Prelude for an Occasion (4:00) Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (3:00) Jenkins: Palladio (4:00) Shore: There and Back Again 5:30) Gjielo: Northern Lights (4:00) Hazell: Three Brass Cats (3:00, 3:00, 4:00) Pirates of the Caribbean (6:00) Enya: Orinoco Flow (4:00) BS&T: Spinning Wheel (4:00) Bulla: Armed…
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